Swedish indierockers Burek V are looking for a new bassist and guitarist: mace.se/news.php" target=_blank>https://www.rhythmace.se/news.php

Some new Opeth dates in Italy:

12/15 - Live Club, milan
12/16 - Kojak, Ravenna
12/17 - Alpheus, Rome
12/18 - New Age, Treviso

Norwegian doom act Octavia Sperati will begin recording their new album next weekend with Herbrand Larsen (Enslaved, ex-Audrey Horne) and Arve Isdal (Enslaved, Audrey Horne). Expect an April 2007 release.

Larsen & Furious Jane's very first four-song CDR "I wouldn't sit at home and take it" is now available as a free download: morningsiderecords.dk/features/lfj_ep.asp" target=_blank>https://morningsiderecords.dk/features/lfj_ep.asp

Rune Grammofon act In the Country has confirmed that their new album "Losing stones, collecting bones" will be released on November 6.

musique machine reviews the new Espen Jørgensen album "On the great Alkali Plains": musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=934" target=_blank>https://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=934

Swedish singer/songwriter Racingpaperplanes will be contributing to a new Sparkehorse tribute comp to be released by American indie label Slight Records. His version of the song "Happy pig" or "Happy man" as it's sometimes called, can be previewed now on myspace: myspace.com/racingpaperplanes" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/racingpaperplanes
more info on the comp project here: m/THY/" target=_blank>https://sctas.com/THY/

This week's m/group/itsatrap" target=_blank>It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group top 10 artists of the week:

01. The Knife
02. Radiohead
03. Belle and Sebastian
04. The Radio Dept.
05. Anna Ternheim
06. The Decemberists
07. The Killers
08. Beck
09. Death Cab for Cutie
10. Kent

And the top 10 albums of the week:

01. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
02. The Knife – Silent Shout
03. The Knife – Deep Cuts
04. Thom Yorke – The Eraser
05. Cansei de Ser Sexy – Cansei de Ser Sexy
06. Band of Horses – Everything All the Time
07. The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow
08. The Radio Dept. – Pet Grief
09. Radiohead – OK Computer
10. Belle and Sebastian – If You're Feeling Sinister

Want to make your own playlist count? Join us! Go here to learn more: m/help/" target=_blank>https://www.last.fm/help/

Serena maneesh reports from the end of their most recent US tour and tries to summarize the experience: maneesh.com/news.php" target=_blank>https://www.serena-maneesh.com/news.php

Hell On Wheels, Jens Lekman and El Perro Del mar will be heading to Brazil together in December. Dates soon.

In my inbox this morning from Thomas Denver Jonsson:

How are you. I'm fine. In fact, I'm very touched after Saturday's show together with Dear Euphoria. We played at a charity show for cancer research in memory of this girl Helena's best friend. Helena organized this show and it was very touching. One of my strongest experiences on stage. You always puts on a new personality and a new attitude when being on stage, something that was impossible on this night. I sung on one of Elina's (Dear Euphoria) songs and she guested me on three of mine. It was just perfect.
Hey, I just uploaded two new demos on my website. Of course it's demos and a little lo-fi and trembling but someone might find it interesting, I don't know. It's one new and the one I uploaded on myspace some month ago:
m/denver/mp3_Thomas_D_Like_Friends.mp3" target=_blank>"Like friends falling in love"
m/denver/tdj-onlyforbeginners.mp3" target=_blank>"Only for beginners"
It's reference tapes and it's meaning is to make me remember the song, not to make it public. But... I guess I just did.

Pitchfork reviews 120 Days: media.com/article/record_review/38773/120_Days_120_Days" target=_blank>https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/38773/120_Days_120_Days

MP3: The Tough Alliance - Leg 7

Not only are The Tough Alliance playing myspace.com/tacktacktack" target=_blank>Tack! Tack! Tack! tonight, but they've also got a new album out. It's called "Escaping your ambitions" and it's a new age record. I'm not kidding you at all either - it opens with the sound of lolling ocean waves and seagulls and features tons of synthtones with the attack set so soft, it feels like a feather against your eardrum. No heavy house beats, just a smattering of table. No vocals except for a few short samples. Nope, all you get is the soothing sounds of Swedish new age music. my wife the ex-massage therapist commented that she could imagine doing a session with this as the soundtrack. What's more: I actually really like it. I was surprised at how much I liked TTA's previous EP, but this is ridiculous. What's wrong with me? Am I getting soft?

The Tough Alliance - Leg 7

MP3: Laakso - Long Beach

Besides my own m/store.php?search=Reader's+Companion">"Reader's companion" CDs there really isn't a better soundtrack to this site than the new m/store.php?item=270">"Svensk indie" compilation just released from NONS. Compiled by journalist/promoter/indie guru Terry Ericsson with assistance from Per Helin and Emelie Bååth, this collection is a monstrous 42-tracks plus copious liner notes (på Svensk, naturally). If you don't already have a good majority of these songs in your collection, this is probably the easiest way to get yourself educated. my interview with Terry is still in the works, but I did catch up with both Emelie and Per to ask them about their favorite selections:

Emelie: my favourite song on the compilation is "Hey princess" by Popsicle. It's one of the songs in my life that always makes me glad and it's also a brilliant and perfect floor filler! I actually first heard it on a dance floor, I don't remember which pop club in Sthlm it was, but it could have been Flowered Up or Too Cool for School sometime around -98. I guess I was too young to discover the song when it first was released. To me, back then, Popsicle was all about "Not forever" and "American poet" but the song "Hey princess" simply had a great revival around that time, the dj:s were playing it on clubs and the younger crowd (with me included) discovered the song and I remember that I fell in love with the song at once.

Per: Suredo - "Average cell". That was one of the first Swedish indie tunes that really caught my attention. When I first heard it I remember thinking; what interesting new English band is this (this was at the time when British still was a positive thing musically wise).

But what about all the great songs that were left out? Their picks...

Emelie: I really tried to get Laakso and their song "Long Beach" on the compilation since Laakso is one of my favourite Swedish bands and "Long Beach" one of their greatest songs, but there simply was no room. Unfortunately.

Per: Wow, that¹s many... For me it would probably be any song by Komeda.

Since I figure that trying to decide upon the 'best' Komeda song would be next to impossible, I'm offering up Laakso's "Long Beach" as today's mp3. Why not? Also, if you're in Stockholm, don't forget to check out the release party at Debaser medis tomorrow October 14. I have no idea who the secret band will be, but I'm sure it'll be good.

Laakso - Long Beach

The new Weeping Willows record is currently being mixed by micke Herrström at Atlantis Studios in Stockholm. Expect a February 2007 release with touring to commence in April. Artwork will be handled by Sakari Paananen.